Characterization of recombinant monoclonal antithyrotropin receptor antibodies (TSHRAbs) derived from lymphocytes of patients with Graves' disease: Epitope and binding study of two stimulatory TSHRAbs

Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1594-1601

  Akamizu, Takashi ^a,b   Moriyama, Kenji ^a   Miura, Masako ^a   Saijo, Misa ^a   Matsuda, Fumihiko ^a   Nakao, Kazuwa ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

EID: 0033053114     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.4.6664     Document Type: Article

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